World
(2008-09-20)
South African President Mbeki listens during summit of SADC in Johannesburg
South Africa's president has agreed to resign after the country's ruling party called on him to step down.
A statement from the presidency says that Thabo Mbeki will "step down after all constitutional requirements have been met."
Parliament is due to meet in the coming days to formalize the resignation procedure.
The ruling party's National Executive Committee decided Saturday to recall Mbeki before the end of his term next year.
Mbeki had faced growing pressure to quit from supporters of the ruling party's president, Jacob Zuma.
Last week, a judge threw out corruption charges against Zuma and implied that Mbeki's government put pressure on the National Prosecuting Authority to bring the charges for political motives.
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